When campaigning, Anna Paulina Luna said she was raised as a messianic Jew; relatives tell Washington Post her father was Catholic, grandfather was in Wehrmacht

Pro-Israel congressman expresses concern over coalition partners who 'expressed bigotry and divisive policies,' laments that Washington guided autocratic leaders under Trump

Congress member says any concerns over such sales, due to Saudis' rights record, would be drowned out by Abraham Accords supporters

Request by senator leading trip indicates Democrats are less comfortable with makeup of new Israeli government than White House, which has avoided announcing similar boycott

Lawmakers take off for Israel, UAE, Bahrain and Morocco for talks with local officials aimed at strengthening agreements, bringing in more signers

Normally a routine formality, election of new speaker for House of Representatives sent off the rails by 2 dozen right-wing rebels before McCarthy selected on 4th day of voting

Republican frontrunner picks up 14 defectors in the 12th round of voting, moving ahead of Democrat Jeffries for first time, but remains short of majority

Republican House leader loses seventh and eighth rounds of voting, with his GOP supporters and foes seemingly stalemated; member of latter group symbolically nominates Trump

Six percent of members of 118th Congress identify as Jewish, compared to just 2% of population; 88% identify as Christian, compared with 63% in US overall

Adam Schiff, Ron Wyden express concern over agencies' use of remote hacking tools, say American public deserves details on the scope of their deployment